Generation of microwave radiation in the tunneling junction of a scanning tunneling microscope
- 15 May 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 41 (14) , 10229-10232
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.41.10229
Abstract
Difference-frequency generation at 9 GHz and laser-light rectification was demonstrated in the tunneling junction of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) using laser radiation. Simultaneous measurements of mixing signals and the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics of the STM show that the mixing process occurs at the nonlinearity of the static I-V curve.
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